Projectile cartridges, explosive cartridges and propellant cartridges

ABSTRACT

Projectile cartridges, explosive cartridges and propellant cartridges containing at least one agent which is perceived, essentially, in an unknown manner, e.g., a pheromone.

The subject matter of the invention is projectile cartridges, explosivecartridges and propellant cartridges.

Lead-free and barium-free ignition compositions having initiatingexplosives mixed with oxygen-yielding substances, which further containsensitizers, reducing agents, frictional agents, secondary explosivesand/or inert substances, are from Ds 195 40 279 A1. The inert substancesare selected from, for example, binding agents., adhesives, dyes,passivating agents and/or agents for odour-chacterisation, in particularin a proportion of 0 to 20% by weight relative to the total mixture.Vanillin is preferably used as an agent for odour-characterisation.

In Example 1 of DE 195 40 278 A1 an agent for odour-characterization isinserted into the lacquer coating of the ignition composition.

All agents that were used previously can be perceived consciously.Projectile cartridges, explosive cartridges or propellant cartridgesthat contain means which are perceived in a substantially subliminal manare not know.

The object of the present invention therefore consists in providingprojectile cartridges, explosive cartridges and propellant cartridgesthat contain agents which are perceived in a substantially subliminalmanner.

In accordance with the invention all active substances that are known aspheromones can basically be used as the agents. Pheromones, also calledectohormones or social hormones, are substances that are produced byanimals and by man and which, given off outwardly, affect the metabolismand behaviour of other individuals of the same type. Pheromones arepicked up by olfactory or gustatory organs a are effective am hormonesin the smallest concentrations. Mixtures of the individual activesubstances can also be used in accordance with the invention.

In a first embodiment of the present invention, the afore-mentionedobject is achieved by means of projectile cartridges, explosivecartridges and propellant cartridges that are characterised in that theycontain at least one agent that is defined in accordance with theinvention. In this connection, it is possible for the propellant charge,the ignition agent or the lacquer coating of the ignition agent tocontain such an agent. A further possibility lies in adding the agentthat can be used in accordance with the invention as an additionalbarge, preferably in the form of microcapsules, to the projectilecartridges, explosive cartridges or propellant cartridges.

The agents that can be used in accordance with the invention can beadded in quantities of 0.001 to 10% by weight, in particular inquantities of 0.1 to 1% by weight.

The agents that can be used in accordance with the invention can beincorporated during the powder-production or the lacquer-production. Inthis respect, it is possible to apply the same techniques that are knownin the art in order to bind in plasticizers, stabilizers or other inertsubstances into the propellant-charge powders or to apply lacquercoatings. Triturations with a solid carrier that contain the agents thatcan be used in accordance with the invention can be added, for example,to the propellant-charge powder or to the lacquer coating of theignition agent. Solutions of the agents that can be used in accordancewith the invention can be adsorbed, for example, in kieselguhr beforethey are introduced in accordance with the invention.

Furthermore, it in possible to replace irritants that are known in thecase of irritant cartridges with the agents that can be used inaccordance with the inaction.

The agents that can be used in accordance with the invention can also beapplied to the covering of the powder charge or of the composition.

When in micro-encapsulated form all kinds of agents that can be used inaccordance with the invention can be added to the propellant-chargepowder, the lacquer coating or to the ignition composition regardless ofcompatibility, with these either being applied separately or elseincorporated. In this connection, it should be ensured that themicrocapsules burst open or burn off as late as possible when the shotis produced so that the agents are only exposed to the gases of the shotfor a short time.

Of course, it should be guaranteed in all cases that when the shot gasesact on the agents no reaction products are formed that are detrimentalto health.

Aside from the agents that can be used in accordance with the invention,the further constituents of the projectile cartridges, explosivecartridges and propellant cartridges do not differ from the constituentsof usual projectile cartridges, cartridges or propellant cartridges ofthe prior art.

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 7. A projectile cartridge, explosive cartridge orpropellant cartridge comprising a propellant charge, an ignition agentand at least one agent that is perceived in a substantially subliminalmanner.
 8. A projectile cartridge, explosive cartridge or propellantcartridge according to claim 7, wherein the at least one agent that isperceived in a substantially subliminal manner is a pheromone.
 9. Aprojectile cartridge, explosive cartridge or propellant cartridgeaccording to claim 7, wherein the agent is contained in the propellantcharge, in the ignition agent or in the lacquer coating of the ignitionagent.
 10. A projectile cartridge explosive cartridge or propellantcartridge according to claim 8, wherein the agent is contained in thepropellant charge in the ignition agent or in the lacquer coating of theignition agent.
 11. A projective cartridge, explosive cartridge orpropellant cartridge according to claim 7, wherein the agent iscontained in an additional charge.
 12. A projectile cartridge explosivecartridge or propellant cartridge according to claim 8, wherein theagent is contained in an additional charge.
 13. A projectile cartridge,explosive cartridge or propellant cartridge according to claim 10,wherein the agent is contained in microcapsules.
 14. A projectilecartridge, explosive cartridge or propellant cartridge according toclaim 7, wherein the agent is contained in quantities of 0.001 to 10% byweight.
 15. A projectile cartridge, exposure cartridge or propellantcartridge according to claim 7, wherein the agent is contained inquantities of 0.1 to 1% by weight.
 16. A projective cartridge, explosivecartridge or propellant cartridge consisting of a propellant charges, anignition agent and at least one agent that is perceived in asubstantially subliminal manner.
 17. A projective cartridge, exposurecartridge or propellant cartridge consisting of a propellant charge, anignition agent and a pheromone.